A foggy morning on the C&O
June 1981
Photo by G Morris
C&NW - North Avenue Yard by d.w.davidson Via Flickr: “On a very foggy morning in March 1987, the C&NW switcher at North Avenue Yard has some newsprint cars in tow.”
Chicago
March 1987
Photo by D.W. Davidson
Source: Flickr / dwdavidson
Caption: “. . . an extremely heavy fog shrouds IHB 9214 as it passes thru McCook, Illinois in November of 1986.”
Photo by Greg Mross
From the Chicago Tribune Vintage Tribune Instagram account:
“Pete Finn, North Western railroad brakeman, swings his lantern in dense fog to signal a train crew along Illinois Street east of St. Clair, February 1955. Photo by William Yates”
These tracks were part of the Chicago & North Western Navy Pier line:
Caption: "Hidden Rock Island E units at Chicago. There really are a couple of E units behind all the steam on an inbound RI commuter train at LaSalle Street station.” December 1976
Photo by Gary Morris
Slingshot by Moffat Road on Flickr.
Caption: "Emerging from a cold winter fog is a southbound Illinois Central Gulf 'slingshot' piggyback train led by Gulf, Mobile and Ohio GP35 No. 637. The train is rattling over the diamonds past BN Target tower (ground level shack) that protected ICG’s former GM&O Chicago to St. Louis main line with NS’s (N&W) Peoria line and Conrail's Pekin branch in March 1984. This location is near the old Bloomington Union Depot in Bloomington, Illinois."
Photo by Mike Danneman
Caption from The Trolley Dodger blog: “In 1957, CTA PCC 7271 and 7215 pass on Clark Street, just north of North Avenue. The old Plaza Hotel, located at 59 W. North Avenue, is in the background. A Hasty Tasty restaurant was located in the building, with a Pixley and Ehler’s across the street. These were ‘greasy spoon’ chains that were known for offering cheap eats. Local mobsters were known to hang out at the Plaza. The Chicago Historical Society, now known as the Chicago History Museum, would be just to the left, out of view in this picture. The Moody Bible Institute would be out of view on the right.”
Chicago
1957
Photo by Russel Kriete
Two EJ&E SD38's (652-650) by the yard office in Waukegan, Illinois. Lake Michigan is a short distance away, and the day is foggy.
June 26, 1970
Photo by Paul Enenbach
Source: flic.kr
"Great Northern’s flagship passenger train, the Chicago-Seattle Empire Builder running through fog west of Chicago."
1947
Photo by Hedrich Blessing (agency)
Source: railroadheritage.org
Santa Fe train at Joliet, Illinois
March 1973
Photo by Dan Tracy
Source: railpictures.net
19680809 01 CB&Q 793 Harlem Ave. by davidwilson1949 on Flickr.
Burlington Route commuter train at Harlem Avenue in Berwyn, Illinois. (Today this is a station on the Metra BNSF Line.)
August 9, 1968
Photo by David Wilson
Ghost tracks at the Metra Museum Campus station, Chicago.
June 22, 2014
Photo by Stella Suhayda